Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or Yugioh GX…period.
Prolouge
The legendary Battle City Tournament is about to begin. One has been held every year after the first and each year a new duelist was crowned Battle City King for that year. But of course Yugi was still the King of Games, and Kaiba the second.
But the reign of Yugi was ending; Kaiba and he were in their late forties. So now Kaiba and Yugi had both worked together on this year's tournament to make it the best ever, for it would be the last. And not only was the title of Battle City King up for grabs, but the title of King of Games was also.
This year the number of duelists was tripled, and approximately seven hundred people were competing. So because of this, the World Championship 2014 was cancelled, and the Battle City Tournament would be both that and the World Championship for this year.
To compensate for the alarming number of participants not only would Domino be the dueling site but a couple of other towns on the outskirts. The rules as well had been slightly manipulated; twelve locator cards would be needed to advance to the finals.
But besides that the rules were the same, only the competitors were different. For this was Battle City GX.
Episode One
Battle City Begins!
Jaden stared up at the sky. He was on the outskirts of Domino, a few miles away from Domino Square. There, Kaiba and Yugi were preparing to announce the beginning of the Battle City Tournament.
Jaden had originally planned on going to Domino Square to see Kaiba and Yugi for himself, but there were so many people there it was impossible for him to get any where near it. So he rode off on his motorcycle here, where there were less people, to meet the gang.
Jaden had never seen this many people competing in the tournament. This would be his first Battle City (Certainly not his first tournament) but he had watched the others on TV and Jaden had never seen this outcome. But it made sense; the title of King of Games was at stake.
Jaden looked up and saw Alexis and Syrus running over to him. They had been dating for a few months now and things were just getting heated.
"Hey Jay"
"Hey Jaden."
"Hey guys, how are you two love birds doing?" Alexis giggled and Syrus blushed. Before they could reply they were joined by three others; Bastion, Zane, and Chazz.
"Hey guys what's up," asked Jaden.
"Oh nothing Jaden, just preparing my deck to kick you butt," said Bastion.
"Not a chance Misawa, not a chance."
"It's not Misawa over hear you should be afraid of Jaden. It's me." Chazz beamed confidently as he teased Jaden.
"If anyone should be afraid Chazz, it's you. And from me," said Zane in his soft serious tone. Chazz glared and laughed.
"That was then Zane, I'm no longer afraid of you. This isn't school Zane, you're not necessarily the best."
"We'll see Chazz, we'll see."
A sudden someone came running up from behind them screaming "Jaden m'boy!" They all whirled around to find none other then Dr. Crowler facing them. He hadn't changed a bit.
He was wearing a long blue coat with a pink shirt and gray pants. He had his duel blazer on, his hair in a ponytail and a smile on his face.
"Professor Banner look who I found," he screamed "Jaden, Alexis, Bastion, Zane, Chazz, and little Syrus. All our favorite students."
Dr. Banner soon came into view leaving the crowd surrounded around the TV screen waiting for Yugi and Kaiba to appear.
Dr. Banner was wearing a half-tucked half un-tucked gray shirts with black pants. No tie but Pharaoh of course was at his side. Nobody really knew why how he had returned to life, but after last year, everyone was weird around him.
"Oh hello children, are you competing in this tournament too?"
Jaden's jaw dropped. "You're competing in the tournament?" Crowler and Barron nodded happily smiling. Just as they did that all eyes turned to the TV positioned on the side of a building.
Kaiba and Yugi's faces appeared on the screen. Kaiba's face was hardened, and his hair was slightly gray in the back, he also had a brown beard. Yugi's face was dropping slightly, and his hair was up in spikes just for the occasion, the yellow hair duller then in the past. They began the speech together.
"Welcome duelists one and all, to eight annual Battle City Tournament." The crowd died down and soaked in Kaiba's words.
"But as you know this year this is not only the Battle City Tournament, but also the 2014 World Championship." The crowd greeted this news with a thunderous applause and a series of loud whoops.
"So not only will the winner be crowned Battle City King but," Kaiba paused and Yugi finished the sentence.
"He or she will be crowned King of Games, and I the current King of Games will retire my title and Duel Monsters forever." The crowd was so quiet you could hear a duel monster's card drop. The duelists were mourning the soon to be "death" of the current King of Games.
"And after the end of this tournament, I too will retire from Duel Monsters," concluded Kaiba, his statement also meet with grave silence.
"But it is time for a new king to shine, a new champion to reign over Duel Monsters. And this new King of Games, WILL BE ONE OF YOU," Yugi yelled and the crowd went wild, each duelists imagining themselves as King of Games.
"But now onto the rules of this year's tournament," began Kaiba. "Unlike past tournaments, this year to compliment the outstanding number of duelists, twelve locator cards will be needed to participate in the finals." The crowd roared excitedly, cheering on the challenge of having to get twelve locator cards.
"And like all other tournaments the loser will have to surrender their rarest card to the winner. If you should happen to retrieve twelve locator cards then the locator cards will reveal the ever changing spot of the Battle City Tournament finals." Jaden thought of the many ways locator cards had been used (Jaden had watched the tournaments on TV). In one of the tournaments you had to place all of the locator cards in the graveyard. Another year they had to go in your deck spot, your field slot, it was ever changing and some duelists never made to the finals because they couldn't figure out where it was located.
"And now ladies and gentlemen," Yugi and Kaiba announced. "Let the Battle City Tournament begin!" The crowd roared louder then ever, and dispersed to go find duels.
Jaden looked at the others, "Well this is where we part; I hope to see you in the finals." Jaden smiled and hopped onto his motorbike. He was bound to find more duelists in the center of the city, so that's where he headed.
Jaden parked his bike next to the big yellow clock in Domino Park. It had taken him thirty minutes to go somewhere that should have taken him five, ten tops. The traffic throughout the city was horrendous. Jaden had passed many duels along the way and Jaden was sure someone was already halfway to getting twelve locator cards. He had some catching up to do.
Jaden walked around the park a couple of times looking for a duelist. All were already in a duel. Jaden began to walk out of the park when a looming obstacle came into view.
It was a man marching through the park, dressed in a green army uniform, with a hat with stars on it ranking him as a General in the Army. He had dark eyes and a small mustache, with a silver duel disk on his arm. He appeared to be in his mid forties.
"Who here dares to duel the great General Mitsavumi, the almighty and all powerful?" Some duelists stayed away intimidated by the big man, while others like Jaden hesitantly crept towards him. Jaden reached the man first.
"I Jaden Yuki the almighty and all powerful will duel you the General Mitsva, what's your name again?"
"It's Mitsavumi first off all," the man glared "and I don't duel babies."
"Babies," now it was Jaden's turn to glare. "For your information I am fourteen and I am starting my third year at Duel Academy where I am ranked the second best, there."
"Hmp, Duel Academy, what about Military Academy. They could really harden up a whining baby like you. Anyway I just beat a baby a few minutes ago," he flashed Jaden three locator cards and walked away.
"Oh I get it," said Jaden and he stood in the man's way. "You're afraid of me, don't worry gramps, I'll go easy on you."
The man slowly turned around, his face was purple. "Me gram-m-ps, me afrai-d? No one gets away with calling the great commanding General Mitsavumi afraid," the man roared. "Fine I'll duel you, you baby. But only if we each bet two locator cards so that when I win there'll be one less dueling baby in the world."
Jaden considered this, if he won he'd have four locator cards and Mitsavumi would have one. But if Jaden lost, then Mitsavumi would have five locator cards and he would have none, and he would be disqualified from the tournament.
"Come on baby, what's the decision?"
"Argh, don't call me a baby. All right then General, let's duel." Jaden stood in a ready stance and activated his duel disk. Mitsavumi did the same and they began the duel.
"Let's duel!"
Jaden: 4000
Mitsavumi: 4000
To Be Continued…
Next Time on Battle City GX...
Jaden's duel with Mitsavumi gets under way and things are off to a good start. But then Mitsavumi reveals a dark secret, and summons an ancient power to beat Jaden down. Will Jaden be able to stand up to Mitsavumi's almighty army? Find out next time on Yugioh!